EKU Freshman Charged With Arson

{Kentucky}...Eastern Kentucky University police have charged Samuel Stephen McFarland, a freshman from Williamsburg who lives in Commonwealth Hall, with arson, criminal mischief and wanton endangerment after a Thursday morning dorm fire that temporarily displaced students. EKU spokesman Marc Whitt said McFarland is accused of setting two bulletin boards, on the 8th and 19th floors, on fire shortly before 4:15 A.M. The fires damaged walls and activated the building's sprinkler systems.